This is a clear bottle, there's a review place for that...I however see no reason why "Clear" should be scored separately. Batch 93. So I over paid for this a bit AND I had to buy their vodka for the right. Not my greatest moment, but hey...I wanted to finally give this a go. Nose - I suppose I have a bit of trepidation each time I pour an MGP bourbon. When done right and well aged these are magic and when young and rushed they're ok on ice. This one is squarely in the middle. Good vanilla candy meets some youthful waxy (waxy on a bourbon?) grain and alcohol notes. Elements of candy corn and traditional bourbon notes with light hints of rye spice. Good, but this isn't going to be a bourbon I pour to smell. Taste - Take your 5-6 year old MGP where there's sharp alcohol and the elements of corn and youth dominate any sweetness, now turn that down to 6 and up the sweetness to 4. You've got this one. It's bold, it's full, it's aggressive and it is starting to get refined. Really a nice spectrum of light chocolate notes, good caramel, nice grain elements with shifting and a wide array of rye elements and corn. The oak is not really showing here but I can't imagine it isn't well woven with the rest of the body. Overall, at about 70 bucks I won't come down this road again, but as MGP CS whiskey goes, you can't really complain too much. 2.5 score. Solid MGP bourbon, but there's nothing spectacular here. But it's a step up from average. Anyone want this vodka? lol